state the obvious

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstate the obviousstate the obviousOBVIOUSto say something that is already obvious so it is not necessary to say itIt is stating the obvious, but regular measurement of blood pressure is essential in older people. →obvious

Examples from the Corpus

state the obvious• Do you have to state the obvious?• Don't wasteprecious time stating the obvious.• To point out that his statisticalcontribution in Seattle was negatively aberrant is to state the obvious.• You might also have to avoidstating the obvious.• These are, to state the obvious again, not homosexualpoems.• Sometimes he stated the obvious, and sometimes he was wrong; but he was curious, and he made connections.• Finally, at the risk of stating the obvious, I'd like to say that managers must manage better.• Let's state the obvious, shall we?